Posted on 07/20/2006 10:20:00 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana
I've made the switch to club soda or sparkling water completely. Sometimes I drink it with some lemon juice but I never add any sweetener to it.
I like the carbonation better than the sugar!
I'm going to try it. I have finally gotten used to my coffee without sugar (still put some cream in it). I think we are way beyond addicted to sweet tastes, and man is it hard to change!
susie
Absolutely not. Ingredients: Carbonated water and natural flavorings. 0 calories, 10mg sodium, 0 carbohydrates.
You could buy the plain sparkling water and drink that or add flavors to it, but Mrs. Chandler and I love the lemon-lime flavor. We go through a lot of it, and at 17¢ a can (regular price) we can afford to.
LOL! Once you go bubbly, you never go back.
Soda pop now tastes like syrup to me. I can tolerate an occasional cup of diet soda, but ice cold sparkling water actually quenches my thirst in the hot Arizona weather.
I drink my coffee black, but my wife uses Stevia extract as a sweetener. It is a natural sweetener and does not have some of the issues commonly associated with aspartame or Splenda. (no calories, no carbs, iirc).
I still put sugar in my coffee but would give it up before I give up the cream!)
Just give me bubbles in my water...they can keep the sweetener!
You ought to try a splash of apple juice or orange juice some time too.
I don't care for the aftertaste of stevia. I'll use it in tea, but in my opinion it ruins a good cup of coffee! ;)
To each his own, especially in the taste department.
susie
I agree coffee MUST have cream!
I have also found a few naturally sweet tasting teas. If you like a cinnomony taste Good Earth Original Sweet and Spicey is WONDERFUL either hot or cold. And Stash makes a Licorice Spice that's great too, unless of course, you hate licorice, like I guess most people do.
susie
Hmmm I will have to look for that then.
susie
The only juice I buy is tomato juice.
Carbonated unsweetened tea is not bad, though.
Television stations do a terrible job of copy editing. They didn't even use quotation marks in that sentence, either.
No...lazy parents (who think a square meal is a Happy Meal, and vice versa) and sedentary lifestyles (such as sitting in front of the Xbox for 6 hours) are more to blame for obesity than any single food or drink.
I think what they're trying to say is that the artificial sweeteners in diet sodas (likely aspartame) cause people to become hungry, which in turn causes them to eat, which could cause them to gain weight.
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